Posted on February 13, 2018

In Laboratories of Democracy, a report co-authored by FairVote legal staff and the Campaign Legal Center, we demonstrate that impact litigation with the goal of improving democracy and elections can and should be brought in state courts under state law.

Posted on December 18, 2017

In Proportion Representation in New York City, 1936-1947 FairVote explores the buildup to and outcomes of multi-winner ranked choice voting (RCV) also know as single transferable vote (STV) on the New York City Council during the 10 year period between implementation and repeal.

Posted on October 04, 2017

In Monopoly Politics 2018 FairVote explores the extent, causes and remedies to the lack of competition and partisan fairness in U.S. House elections and the increasing polarization of members elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Posted on May 01, 2017

Posted on December 30, 2016

Redistricting Reform in the U.S. House of Representatives is a series of six reports exploring trends in competition, partisan fairness and polarization in states that have reformed their redistricting practices.

Posted on December 02, 2016

Federal Primary Election Runoffs and Voter Turnout
Decline analyzes turnout data for the 190 primary runoff
elections held between 1994 and 2016. The report
finds that primary runoff elections are plagued by significant
declines in turnout that dilute the representative
nature of the system. The report examines the effect
of the time delay between elections on turnout decline.
Finally, the report recommends alternative runoff
systems such as instant runoff voting to eliminate the
turnout decline problem while preserving the benefits
to representation of runoffs.

Posted on November 29, 2016

Statewide Election Recounts, 2000 - 2015 examines statewide election recount outcomes and practices in the United States, using data from the decade of elections taking place in the years 2000 to 2015 to determine how often they occur, how often they change outcomes, how much vote totals change and how these figures vary with the size of the electorate.